Wednesday, December 18, 2013

CO2 Emissions in South Korea, 1945-2012

So the following table and figure are comparing different estimates of South Korea's CO2 emissions from 1945-2012.
I want to know why BP's estimates for recent years are much larger than those of other institutions.

CO2 emissions in South Korea, 1945-2012Unit: million tonnes of CO2

Year

GCP

IEA
(sectoral
approach)

IEA
(reference
approach)

BP

EDGAR

US EIA

Korean
Government
(total CO2
emissions)

Korean
Government
(CO2
emissions from
fuel combustion)

2012

610.74

763.71

635.00

2011

604.28

587.73

608.69

753.78

629.00

610.95

2010

567.13

564.47

579.57

713.62

591.00

581.10

595.89

559.31

2009

508.99

515.62

518.15

661.78

548.00

524.44

541.74

506.45

2008

507.66

501.77

512.84

653.45

540.00

521.77

536.09

498.94

2007

495.46

490.43

498.86

639.92

519.00

503.10

522.11

485.73

2006

470.45

476.69

472.14

605.99

509.00

484.21

500.59

465.94

2005

462.56

469.12

464.63

602.16

504.00

493.80

493.37

459.04

2004

481.91

469.82

477.31

591.21

506.00

485.91

490.58

452.64

2003

465.86

448.91

461.56

580.03

490.00

477.85

484.21

445.10

2002

465.28

446.13

461.54

566.55

476.00

468.00

475.87

437.37

2001

449.85

452.07

447.55

542.68

462.00

450.45

457.34

418.92

2000

447.22

437.72

440.99

528.89

448.00

438.65

443.12

406.18

1999

399.54

385.35

392.30

496.03

424.00

423.58

412.29

378.20

1998

364.54

351.06

354.97

460.37

389.00

380.75

379.89

347.61

1997

429.68

407.91

413.61

510.67

451.00

426.26

446.50

407.37

1996

403.41

383.72

383.36

464.71

428.00

396.90

419.77

382.18

1995

374.48

358.65

355.28

421.92

399.00

381.43

387.53

350.73

1994

343.77

329.04

325.40

388.85

366.00

351.42

358.15

324.07

1993

321.70

304.20

304.84

358.00

334.00

330.64

336.03

304.53

1992

284.06

276.91

267.28

325.14

304.00

293.46

301.03

273.87

1991

261.28

254.27

249.50

288.38

280.00

269.67

277.74

253.41

1990

246.75

229.30

238.60

254.97

253.00

242.13

253.89

233.56

1989

235.67

200.45

207.07

228.27

219.51

1988

221.79

189.33

199.36

214.79

207.81

1987

192.51

165.95

174.55

189.43

185.69

1986

182.31

159.66

171.33

179.56

180.30

1985

178.20

153.25

157.67

167.26

172.32

1984

163.79

148.88

153.42

154.70

163.62

1983

150.79

136.97

140.09

141.15

148.49

1982

141.80

129.04

133.29

133.87

138.95

1981

139.63

129.41

125.37

133.64

137.90

1980

134.77

124.38

125.73

126.31

131.74

1979

133.11

120.04

121.62

121.69

1978

113.32

106.42

105.50

105.70

1977

105.63

97.68

99.48

96.99

1976

93.24

85.37

86.66

84.42

1975

81.77

76.76

77.91

75.38

1974

75.63

70.75

75.14

68.64

1973

73.04

67.27

69.26

66.52

1972

60.29

53.96

59.78

53.40

1971

58.57

52.07

54.84

51.57

1970

53.74

48.01

1969

42.49

41.48

1968

37.21

35.17

1967

35.12

31.44

1966

29.99

28.12

1965

24.99

23.56

1964

22.20

1963

21.09

1962

17.27

1961

14.45

1960

12.54

1959

11.22

1958

9.01

1957

8.22

1956

7.56

1955

6.45

1954

5.16

1953

4.69

1952

3.46

1951

2.92

1950

2.18

1949

2.18

1948

1.67

1947

0.90

1946

0.49

1945

0.00

Note: Original carbon contents of CO2 emissions in the GCP estimates were multiplied by a conversion factor (= 44.0095/12.0107) to make CO2-equivalent numbers.References:

US EIA. (2013). Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy. In US EIA, International Energy Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Energy Information Administration. [Data at http://j.mp/EIA2013Data]